Unscripted Exception

[rice66]

I have the following message (sorry id didnt screen capture it)
Unscripted exception Sound System Error
(ERR_Channel_ALLOC)
error trying to allocate channel
I am attempting to use a win98 machine. This machine here is an xp machine and the software and music files work fine.
When I open a sequence and play it on the win 98 machine the olsen 595 responds properly. If I attach music to the sequence I get the above exception report. Is the sound ca rd bad or is there a setting I need to make or do I need a specialized plugin?
Do I need to down load some sort of driver?
The machine is a Dell GX-1 the sound board is a CRYSTAL SEMICONDUCTOR cs4236 CHIP SERIES.
Thanks
Rice :D

[KC]

Ooo, 98. I've lost the 98 machine I had for testing. Everything is probably okay on your end, it's probably my use of the sound system and Win 98 that aren't playing well together. I'll see what I can dig up from fmod about it.

[jpettit]

I'm having the same problem. I grabbed an old junker, got it up and running with everything, and as soon as I added a sequence with music, I got the error and would not run. I cannot upgrade that box to XP as it has too little memory, so I nearly started to write my own app when I came across something about DirectX. Vixen doesn't use DirectX directly, but it does use FMOD (if you view the details of the error, you see a reference to it on the first line of the error message from the stack) and FMOD uses DirectX (or DirectSound). The last version of DirectX that is compatible with Windows 98 is 9.0c. I haven't installed this yet as I just found this myself, but it does seem to be a promising answer. It can be downloaded here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&DisplayLang=en

[jpettit]

The installation of DirectX fixed the issue for my Windows 98 machine and I also have the Crystal sound.

[KC]

Thanks for posting your resolution as it may help others.

[amlsmith]

I am using an old Toshiba notebook machine with win'98.
Your directX solution worked perfectly! Thanks!